Congressional Arts Handbook

Facts & Figures at Your Fingertips to Be a Successful Arts Advocate

The Congressional Arts Handbook is compiled annually to support the work of participants at Arts Advocacy Day, organized by Americans for the Arts and cosponsored by more than 85 national organizations, representing thousands of arts, culture, business, civic, and education organizations and individuals nationwide. Within this handbook, you will find a plethora of resources including facts, figures, related legislation, research, talking points, and more to help inform you on the major policy issues we are working to positively impact.

Individual issues briefs are pulled on to the various topic pages throughout the Legislative Issue Center. You can download the full Issue Briefs section, or navigate to the topic of your interests below or in the Legislative Issue Center and focus on the specific issue brief repeated there.

Chapter 2: U.S. House of Representatives Arts Voting Record (pdf, 414 KB)

The U.S. House arts support record includes membership in the Congressional Arts Caucus, Congressional STEAM Caucus, signatory status of the 2015 NEA "Dear Colleague" letter and 2015 2015 OMS "Dear Colleague" letter, and participation in the Congressional Arts Competition, as well as one vote on the House floor to make three charitable tax extenders permanent and one vote on the House floor to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

The Senate support record includes membership in the Senate Cultural Caucus, and signatory status of the 2015 NEA "Dear Colleague" letter and 2015 OMS "Dear Colleague" letter as well as one vote on the Senate floor to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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